U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Web site: www.ahrq.gov
Office of Communications and Knowledge Transfer  

Pay-for-Performance: Practical Guidance for Decision-Making
and the Latest Evidence

May 16, 2006
2:00-3:30 p.m. EST

Hosted by: AcademyHealth

NARRATIVE AGENDA

Presenters

Introduction:

Carolyn M. Clancy, M.D.
Director
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Rockville, Maryland

Panelists:

R. Adams Dudley, M.D., M.B.A.
Associate Professor
Institute for Health Policy Studies and Department of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California

David Kelley, M.D., M.P.A.
Chief Medical Officer
Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Douglas Libby, R.Ph.
Executive Director
Maine Health Management Coalition
Portland, Maine

Meredith B. Rosenthal, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Health Policy and Management
Harvard University School of Public Health
Boston, Massachusetts

Gary Young, J.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Health Services
Boston University School of Public Health
Boston, Massachusetts

Content:

This Web conference will highlight key design-related decisions associated with quality-based payment schemes. Is your community ready for quality-based payment? Which providers should you target first - hospitals or physicians? Is it better to use a 'carrot' or a 'stick' approach? Should purchasers incent providers by using bonuses, withholds, or a combination? How can a quality-based payment scheme enhance existing public report card initiatives? For each of these decisions and others, a panel of health services researchers and purchasers will share evidence, guidance, and practical experiences. In addition, participants will hear the latest findings on pay-for-performance. The Web conference will feature the AHRQ-supported tool, Pay-for-Performance: A Decision Guide for Purchasers, and the latest findings on quality-based purchasing from a recent special supplement of the Medical Care Research and Review.

Following this Web conference, participants should be better able to:

  • Describe key design decisions that need to be made in contemplating, implementing, and evaluating pay-for-performance initiatives;
  • Explain some of the evidence and experiences of public and private purchasers as they have grappled with these design decisions;
  • Describe findings from the latest research on pay-for-performance; and
  • Identify AHRQ-supported and other resources regarding quality-based payment strategies.


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